Daily activities

Mission Summary

Christer Fuglesang will also be undertaking an experiment programme for the European Space Agency as part of the Celsius Mission though this is not currently fixed to a specific day in the mission timeline.

Flight Day 1 - Launch

Launch from Kennedy Space Center

Shuttle to On-orbit configuration

Activation of Spacehab

Activation of Shuttle robotic arm

Flight Day 2

Test the Space Shuttle’s robotic arm

Checking the Space Shuttle heat shields using robotic arm

EVA preparation including testing EVA suits

Preparations for docking with the ISS

Flight Day 3 - Docking

Rendezvous and dock with the ISS including Shuttle backflip manoeuvre to check heat shields

Hatches opened

P5 truss moved out of Shuttle cargo bay to overnight parked position using Shuttle and ISS robotic arms

Transfer equipment from Shuttle to airlock

Checks on EVA suits. EVA tools prepared

Fuglesang and Curbeam sealed in airlock for the night to help flush nitrogen out of the blood pre-EVA